Monday Crossword — March 2, 2015 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this easy crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 78 clues). Published 3/2/2015. By Andrea Carla Michaels.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Sends to the lockup (5)
- JAILS
- 6 Across: Golf target (3)
- PAR
- 9 Across: Ponzi scheme, e.g. (5)
- FRAUD
- 14 Across: Cow in old Borden ads (5)
- ELSIE
- 15 Across: Interstate, e.g.: Abbr. (3)
- HWY
- 16 Across: Comedian Bruce (5)
- LENNY
- 17 Across: Cézanne's "The Basket of Apples," e.g. (9)
- STILLLIFE
- 19 Across: Skip over in speech (5)
- ELIDE
- 20 Across: Tyke (3)
- TOT
- 21 Across: Brother of Jacob (4)
- ESAU
- 22 Across: "Mad About You" co-star Paul (6)
- REISER
- 23 Across: Radio station identification (11)
- CALLLETTERS
- 25 Across: ___ Kelly, classic circus clown (6)
- EMMETT
- 29 Across: Sash in "Madama Butterfly" (3)
- OBI
- 30 Across: Fervor (4)
- ZEAL
- 31 Across: Layered hairstyle (4)
- SHAG
- 34 Across: Andrea, Carla and Michael (5)
- NAMES
- 39 Across: Underpaid employee's demand (5)
- RAISE
- 41 Across: Time in history (3)
- ERA
- 42 Across: What a sun visor protects against (5)
- GLARE
- 43 Across: Building wing (5)
- ANNEX
- 44 Across: Prewedding purchase (4)
- RING
- 46 Across: ___ Holder, first African-American attorney general (4)
- ERIC
- 47 Across: Lowest-ranking G.I. (3)
- PVT
- 49 Across: Club : golf :: ___ : tennis (6)
- RACKET
- 51 Across: "Momma" cartoonist (11)
- MELLLAZARUS
- 57 Across: Cat also called a dwarf leopard (6)
- OCELOT
- 58 Across: ___ & Chandon (Champagne) (4)
- MOET
- 59 Across: Tile container in Scrabble (3)
- BAG
- 62 Across: "This looks bad, bad, bad!" (5)
- OHGOD
- 63 Across: "A beast," according to Ogden Nash (9)
- TWOLLLAMA
- 65 Across: Opposite of tight (5)
- LOOSE
- 66 Across: Beaver's construction (3)
- DAM
- 67 Across: Weird (5)
- EERIE
- 68 Across: Longtime Syrian strongman (5)
- ASSAD
- 69 Across: The "S" in CBS: Abbr. (3)
- SYS
- 70 Across: Sing "lay odl lay odl lay hee hoo" (5)
- YODEL
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Nonserious remark (4)
- JEST
- 2 Down: Kind of sax (4)
- ALTO
- 3 Down: "___ something I said?" (4)
- ISIT
- 4 Down: Al Capp's "___ Abner" (3)
- LIL
- 5 Down: Choose (6)
- SELECT
- 6 Down: Perfume container (5)
- PHIAL
- 7 Down: Horrible (5)
- AWFUL
- 8 Down: "The Catcher in the ___" (3)
- RYE
- 9 Down: Short-lived (8)
- FLEETING
- 10 Down: Blazing again, as a fire (5)
- RELIT
- 11 Down: Licoricelike flavor (5)
- ANISE
- 12 Down: Down ___ (Australia) (5)
- UNDER
- 13 Down: Colorists (5)
- DYERS
- 18 Down: Exams for future attys. (5)
- LSATS
- 22 Down: Confederate soldier, for short (3)
- REB
- 24 Down: Boston airport (5)
- LOGAN
- 25 Down: Alternative rock's Better Than ___ (4)
- EZRA
- 26 Down: Nasty (4)
- MEAN
- 27 Down: Central street (4)
- MAIN
- 28 Down: "... or ___!" (threat) (4)
- ELSE
- 32 Down: Avis rival (5)
- HERTZ
- 33 Down: The Diamondbacks, on scoreboards (3)
- ARI
- 35 Down: Actor Baldwin (4)
- ALEC
- 36 Down: "The ___ of Zorro" (4)
- MARK
- 37 Down: New York canal (4)
- ERIE
- 38 Down: Religious splinter group (4)
- SECT
- 40 Down: Went off, as a bomb (8)
- EXPLODED
- 45 Down: Dish for Oliver Twist (5)
- GRUEL
- 48 Down: Big winery container (3)
- VAT
- 50 Down: Rick with the 1988 #1 hit "Never Gonna Give You Up" (6)
- ASTLEY
- 51 Down: Cold cash (5)
- MOOLA
- 52 Down: Pioneering 1960s communications satellites (5)
- ECHOS
- 53 Down: Kids' building toys (5)
- LEGOS
- 54 Down: Peruvian author Mario Vargas ___ (5)
- LLOSA
- 55 Down: Person-to-person merchandiser (5)
- AMWAY
- 56 Down: Conservatory and Study, in Clue (5)
- ROOMS
- 59 Down: Shakespeare, for one (4)
- BARD
- 60 Down: French girlfriend (4)
- AMIE
- 61 Down: Scottish Highlander (4)
- GAEL
- 63 Down: QB stats (3)
- TDS
- 64 Down: Sign between Cancer and Virgo (3)
- LEO
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